Bozhenitsa

Above Bozhenitsa, a steep hill carries the fortress of Bozhenishki Urvich on the northern slopes of the Balkan foothills. Cliffs protect much of the site, while walls and towers guarded its more accessible side. In the late fourteenth century it was associated with the Bulgarian noble Ognyan, an official of Tsar Ivan Shishman. A rock inscription recalls his loyalty to the tsar during the Ottoman wars that overtook the Bulgarian kingdom.